Surgical corset.



Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

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SURGICAL CORSET,

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1914.

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HARRY EDWIN CURTIS, OF WEST HAMPSTEAD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

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Application filed. May 28, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HARRY EDWIN CURTIs, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 190 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Surgical Corsets, and of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to surgical corsets of the kind,the construction of which includes an abdominal or hypogastric plate formed of two metal plates, one of which plates is attached to one half of the corset at the front lower part thereof, the other plate being attached to the other half of the corset in a corresponding position, the said plates being connected at adjacent vertical edges by flexible connections. In order to support the two-part hypo-gastric plate with the requisite pressure upon the body of the wearer, curved resilient metal strips have been employed, the strips extending over the hip portions of the corset, the for ward end of each strip being connected to a plate on one half of the corset, while the rear end of each strip was connected to a back pad on the same corset half. In many cases, however, it is very desirable to avoid any possibility of the wearing of such corsets becoming noticeable, as 'for instance might occur by the wearer using a tight fitting or thin costume in which case it is possible that the resilient strips encircling the hips would become apparent; it has further been found by experience to be necessary that the two-point pressure which is to be applied to the parts of the hypo-gastric plate must be obtained through the medium of soft and flexible bands applied to the body, instead of, as before stated, employing hard metal strips and rigid back pads bearing against the back of the wearer.

According to this invention the curved resilient metal strips and the back pads are dispensed with, and instead there is fitted a metal blade pressure spring which extends, when in its acting position, transversely across the front of the two-part hypo-gastric plate from one part to the other part, the spring being pivoted to one part of the plate and being connected also to the other part by means which will permit it to be detached from that part and turned about its pivot; moreover at the point of connection of the pressure spring on each part of the hypo-gastric plate, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Serial No. 241,550.

spring is in contact with the face of the plate, and then its two ends extend outward and away from the plate, so that by straightening the spring, spring pressure is separately applied to each part of the hypo gastric plate.

To one forwardly projecting end of the pressure spring, a soft flexible band is detachably connected and extends around that half of the corset to the back, where it is fixed to the corset material and the band is capable of lengthwise adjustment; the opposite end of the pressure spring is fixed to a similar 'lexible band attached at its rear end to that half of the corset at the back, and likewise being adjustable as regards length, so that, by properly adjustin the lengths of the flexible bands, a regulated two-point pressure can be obtained, that is a pressure acting on the right part and a pressure also acting on the left part of the hypogastric plate.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the corset. Fig. 2 shows the lower part of the back thereof. Fig. 3 shows a front view of the lower part of the said corset corresponding to Fig. 1, but showing one of the flexible bands disconnected from its end of the pressure spring. Fig. 4 shows a front elevation of the pressure spring drawn to a larger scale, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the parts shown at Fig. 4.

The two similar rigid parts 1, 2 of the hypo-gastric plate are shown attached to or located between the layers of fabric composing the corset, the right hand half 8 of the corset being connected to the left hand half 4 by eyelets 5 and studs 6. To one of the members such as 1 of the hypo-gastric plate there is connected, by a pivot 7, a metal blade pressure spring 8, of such form that when the two parts 1, 2 of the plate are connected together and the spring 8 is caused to assume a transverse position relatively to the corset as illustrated in the drawings, the

ends 9, 10 of the curved strip or spring 8 stand away from the surface of the hypogastric plate. Soft flexible bands 11, 12, Fig. l, are attached as shown at Fig. 2 to the back part of the corset, one to one half 3 of the corset and the other to the other half 4 of the corset, and at the front, each band is connected to the respective outstanding ends of the spring 8, and means are provided whereby the bands ll, 12 can be adjusted in be separately applied to the two parts of the V hypo-gastric plate;

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wardly bent hooked member 13 is fixed to one part 2 of the hypo-gastric plate, beneath which the spring 8 passes when it is turned about its pivot? into the position shown, and the bands 11, 12 are each made in two parts connected by buckles such as 1 1, so thatthey can be adjusted in length. The front end of each band 11 and 12 is fitted with a metal eyelet 15 which can be passed over a headed stud such as 16, fixed at the ends of the spring 8, and any known safety catch may be fitted to the eyelets 15 to prevent them becoming accidentally displaced from the studs 16. It will thus be observed that by this construction, as the resilient pressure is brought to bear independently, upon each part of the hypo-gastric plate, the ends of the curved spring 8 will be causedto approach the external surface of the hypo-gastric plate, and the spring 8 should be so proportioned. that when brought approximately to such position by the tension of the bands 11, 12, the requisite pressure andsup port will be received by the two parts'of the hypo-gastric plate, and a surgical corset, so constructed, when in position on the body of the wearer, will not be capable of detection. r r e What I claim as my invention and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. surgical corset comprising a hypogastric plate in two similar rigid parts, one part permanently attached to each corset half at the front and lower end thereof,

means to detachably and flexibly connect adjacent edges of said two'parts, 'a' bladespring adapted to extendtransversely across the division between said parts and to bear on'the front of each of said parts, forwardly verse position, and adjustable means coacting between'the endsof said spring and the corset to draw said ends toward said parts and press said hypo-gastric plate partstoward the body of thewearer.

2; A surgical corset comprising in com-.' bination, a hypo-gastric plate in two similar rigid parts, one part permanently attached to each corset half at the front and lower end thereof, means to detachably and flexibly connect the adjacent edges of said parts, a metal blade spring adapted to extend transversely across the division between and in front of the two-part hypo-gastric plate, said spring having outwardly extending end portions, a pivotal connection between said spring and one of said plate parts, engaging means on the other of said parts for said spring, and an adjustable flexible connection between each end of said spring andthe corset adapted to stress said spring to cause pressure to be exerted independently on each part of said hypo-gastricplate to press said parts toward the body of the 3. A surgical corset comprising a two-part hypo-gastric plate'one part on 'eachcorset half at the front and lower end thereof, means to detachably and flexibly connect adjacent edges of said two parts, a blade.

spring adapted to extend-transversely across the division between saidparts and to. bear on the front of each of the latter, a horizontal pivot pin projecting from thefront of one of said plate parts and passing through said spring at a distance from one end thereof upon which pivotpin said spring.

can be moved ina vertical plane, a .forwardly and downwardly extending finger fixed'to the other plate part, said finger being adapted to engage said spring when the free end of the latter is moved in a vertical plane toward said finger and thereby pre-' vent the upward movement of said free end means to detachably and flexibly connect, adjacent edges'of said two parts, a. blade 1 spring adapted to extend transverselyacross thedivision between said parts and tobear on the front of each of said parts, forwardly extendingopposite ends to said spring, means to IQtiIlIl Sitld spring in said transverseposition, a soft flexible band onjeach corset half one end of each oflsaid bands being connected to said corset theother end 'of said band being connected to one end of said spring, and means for adjusting'the length of said bands whereby the outwardly extending ends of said spring are drawn toward'the parts of the hypo-gastric plate to exert pressure independently on each plate part. p j V I 5. A surgical corset comprising in combination, a two-part hypo-gastric plate, one

part on each corset half at the front and lower end thereof, means to' detachablyand' flexibly connect adjacent edges of said two. parts, a metal blade spring adapted to extend transversely across the division between said parts and to bear on the front of each of the latter, a horizontal pivot-pin projecting from the front of one ofsaid plate parts to permanently attach said spring to said part and to permit said-springto be moved in a vertical plane, a forwardly and-down wardly extending finger fixed tonthe other plate part to engage said spring when the free end of the latter is moved in a vertical plane toward said finger to prevent the upward movement of said free end beyond a predetermined distance, forwardly extending opposite ends to said spring, a soft flexible band on each corset half one end of each of said bands being connected to said corset, means to detachably connect the other end of each band to the opposite ends of said spring, and means for adjusting the length of said bands to draw the outwardly extending ends of said spring toward the parts of the hypogastric plate and to eXert pressure independently on each part of said plate toward the body of the wearer.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses. HARRY EDVIN CURTIS. -Witnesses:

THOMAS W. ROGERS, WILLIAM A. MARSHALL.

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